Malaysia legislation

Section 25

of AKTA ORDINAN PEGUAM BELA (SABAH) (PINDAAN) 2017

Seksyen 25

Seksyen 16 Ordinan dipinda—

(a)

dalam subseksyen (1)—

(i)

dengan menggantikan perkataan “person, not being entitled to practise in Sabah under the provisions of this Ordinance,” dengan perkataan “unauthorized person”;

(ii)

dengan memotong perkataan “or” pada penghujung perenggan (a) dan (b);

Ordinan Peguam Bela (Sabah) (Pindaan)

(iii)

dengan memasukkan selepas perenggan (c)

perenggan yang berikut:

“(d) appears before the Industrial Court,

Arbitration Tribunal, Court Martial or the Disciplinary Board set up pursuant to this Ordinance in a case or matter arising from Sabah;

(e)

either directly or indirectly for or in expectation of any fee, gain or reward, draws or prepares any instrument relating to immovable property and any memorandum or other documents for the purposes of registration under the Land Ordinance

[Sabah Cap. 68] or any other written law relating to registration of documents or makes any application or lodges any document for registration under the said

Land Ordinance or any other written law relating to registration of documents at the Central Land Office or at any District

Land Office;

(f)

on behalf of a claimant or person alleging himself to have a claim to a legal right, writes, publishes or sends a letter or notice threatening legal proceedings other than a letter or notice that the matter will be handed to an advocate for legal proceedings;

(g)

takes instructions or draws or prepares any document for the purposes of applying for or opposing a grant of probate or letter of administration; or

(h)

solicits the right to negotiate, or negotiates in any way for the settlement of, or settles any claim arising out of personal injury or death and founded upon a legal right or otherwise,”; and

(iv)

dengan menggantikan perkataan “shall be liable to a fine of five hundred ringgit” dengan perkataan

“commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both”; dan

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(b)

dalam subseksyen (3)—

(i)

dengan memotong perkataan “or” pada penghujung perenggan (b), (c) dan (d);

(ii)

dalam perenggan (d), dengan memasukkan selepas perkataan “prepares” perkataan “for a fee or reward”;

(iii)

dalam perenggan (e), dengan menggantikan noktah pada hujung subperenggan (ii) dengan koma bernoktah; dan

(iv)

dengan memasukkan selepas perenggan (e) perenggan yang berikut:

“(f) the Public Trustee, Official Assignee,

Official Receiver, Assistant Public Trustees,

Assistant Official Assignees and Assistant

Official Receivers acting in the course of their duties under any law relating to their offices;

(g)

any person acting personally for himself only in any matter or proceedings to which he is a party or acting solely for a company or organization which he serves as a full-time paid employee in any matter or proceedings in which the company or organization is a party, but such person shall have no right to represent the company or organization in Court or in Chambers or attest documents for the company or organization which is required to be attested by an advocate;

(h)

any bona fide and full-time employee of an insurance company negotiating for the settlement of or settling a claim made or contemplated against any person or body corporate in cases where the claim arising out of personal injury or death relates to a risk insured by that insurance company;

(i)

an arbitrator or umpire lawfully acting under any written law relating to arbitration, settling or attempting to settle the dispute between the parties to the arbitration;

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(j)

any full-time member of the academic staff of the Faculty of Law of the University of

Malaya or other universities in Malaysia acting solely in an advisory capacity upon instructions from a practising advocate;

(k)

any accountant drawing or preparing documents in the exercise of his profession;

(l)

any agent duly authorized to the satisfaction of the Registrar of Trade Marks drawing or preparing documents in any matter relating to trade marks; and

(m)

any full-time employee of an advocate drawing or preparing any document under the authority of a practising advocate and for the purposes of his employer.”.

Seksyen baharu 16a, 16b, 16c, 16d dan 16e

Section 25 — ADVOCATES ORDINANCE (SABAH) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2017